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Thursday, July 3, 2014

ONCJ 2014: Cape May County Zoo


The Hollencamp family took an off resort excursion today to the Cape May County Zoo.  Pops and Paula were already in Cape May at their place so it was a perfect place to meet up with them for the morning.  I heard positive reviews of this zoo from my family as well as Pops & Paula, so I was excited to check it out.

The Cape May County Zoo exceeded my expectations.   The zoo is located on a massive property, allowing the animals to have HUGE areas to roam.

I practically needed binoculars to see the animals they had
so much space. 


Evie takes a turn in the backpack to view the ostriches


We got to see some different animals than we normally see at the Maryland Zoo.  Evie really enjoyed the Siberian Tiger that came out of his air conditioned cage to say hello to us.  I think Pops and Evie's orange shirts attracted it to us.  He went right back in after a few minutes of checking us out.  No photo :(

Bison
Giant Tortoise

Two black bears

I missed the polar bears... I mean you can see black bears
walking through PA neighborhoods these days.  Big deal
seeing them at the zoo.  

It was a hot morning, but the zoo has these long paths through wooded areas to keep visitors cool while they strolled between exhibits






Braylen stretching his legs after sitting so contently in
the backpack

As with any of our visits to a zoo, the kids are in and out of strollers, backpacks, and arms.  They were happy to have multiple shoulders to sit on, hands to hold, and open arms to hold them.





After the zoo, we had lunch together at a local diner.  It was such a special treat to see Pops and Paula while we were on vacation!  Jason already said we need to make the zoo a yearly trip while in OC.  It was very impressive considering it was free :)


And does July 3rd ring a bell?  

It was our 9 year wedding anniversary today!  To celebrate, Jason and I went over the 9th street bridge to a restaurant for drinks and dinner on the bay.  It was a beautiful night, just like our wedding 

Leaving the kids at the beach house-
heading out for happy hour and dinner.



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